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- Latin · borrowed fromprōmiscuus“mixed, not separated”
- English todaypromiscuous
From Latin prōmiscuus (“mixed, not separated”), from prō (“forth”) + misceō (“mix”).
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promiscuous
Today it means: Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition. Full definition →
Latin prōmiscuus